Telluride Theatre first resurrected the concept of burlesque seven years ago, empowering a class of eleven women as they learned to shimmy, strut, strip and tease on stage. The fundraiser was an instant success, and every year the tradition repeats with a new class. "It has become a celebration of the feminine, a way for women in town to bond, have fun, and explore a different side of themselves," says director Sasha Sullivan.
Burlesque now includes three nights of performances: Cheap Thrills (March 29) is the culmination of the class, with each student showcasing their work, the character and piece they've created (as well as the pasties they made); Hollywood Burlesque features the advanced veteran performers from the previous classes, and pays homage to the silver screen and…

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Event will take place from W. Colorado Ave to Fir Street.
Beer, wine, and mixed drinks. "Pink" costume party and raffle for a tirp to Fiji!

The Telluride Literary Arts Festival
It's high time the Telluride region celebrated its avid joy of reading and the passion for good ole fashioned books. The result features everything from performance poetry and literary burlesque to a book lovers bash and hike-to readings. Events for the kiddos, too!
The Telluride Literary Arts Festival is for readers, writers, and lovers of books! It is a celebration of reading and writing and an opportunity to get together to affirm this great pastime. Complete with performance poetry, author talks, literary burlesque, moderated panel discussions, and even events for kids!
Details on the 2018 festival have yet to be released. Please check back soon!
Unique to the 2017 LitFest: Featured guest is Lydia Peelle author of the recently released…

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2017 Mountainfilm Festival Information
The theme for the 2017 Mountainfilm Festival is "The New Normal." Stay tuned for information about the 2017 program; the lineup and schedule will be released in mid-May.
Visit the Mountainfilm website for more information on events and passes.
(See our MountainFilm Photo Gallery for festival pics from 2010 to today.)
The 38th Annual Telluride Mountainfilm Festival took place May 27-30, 2016.
Telluride Mountainfilm is more than a film festival. They select approximately 85 films each year from around the world, and they are curated alongside guest presentations, a symposium, parties, scheduled conversations, book signings and musical events to create a full…

Stay tuned for the 2018 Telluride Bluegrass Festival! We will post the lineup as soon as it's available.
Many veteran festivarians book their condos and hotel rooms a year in advance and the town of Telluride is mostly sold out six months before the festival! Come back later for more information on this festival.
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About The Bluegrass Festival
Performers regularly say that Telluride is, "the most beautiful place I've ever played." We agree.
The Telluride Bluegrass Festival is a weekend celebration of Americana roots music where artists are encouraged to push the limits of their genre. Collaborations between the best of the best are often the highlights of each year's festival.
This is a week of uncommon musical riches: Main stage…

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An Exploration for the Senses. An Education in Indulgence. An Escape to Extraordinary.

For 36 years, the Telluride Wine Festival has celebrated of the best in food, wine, and epicurean indulgences set against the breathtaking background of Telluride's box canyon. Over the course of four days, guests are invited to experience luncheons and dining delights hosted by local restaurants, tastings and seminars by some of the world's most revered chefs, and sample wines and spirits from across the globe.
2017 Event Details
Tickets for events can be purchased online at the Telluride Wine Festival website .
Join us this June 22-25th as the Telluride Wine Festival brings together premiere wineries,…

2018 festival details have yet to be released. Please check back soon for more! The Telluride Plein Air Festival draws artists from around the country to paint "en plein air" (in the outdoors) and exhibit and sell their work.
Their scenes of Telluride and the surrounding areas simultaneously capture the mountain spirit of this special place and celebrate the art of painting in the outdoors.
2017 Festival Details
A three-day Art Exhibition and Sale will be held July 2-4th and will feature the works of flower-filled meadows, majestic mountains, and colorful Telluride scenery. Please note that the artists can only show 8 paintings at a time, so the display will continually change as paintings begin to sell.
Schedule of Events:
June 28 – July 4, 2017 – all day Visitors and…

Mountain Munchkins is hosting its tenth annual Touch-A-Truck fundraiser. The event is kid-centric, and children can touch, climb on, explore, and even sit in the driver's seat of the vehicles: service vehicles, work equipment, firetrucks, and police cars. This year there will also be two raffles during the event. People can purchase a $10 raffle ticket to win festival passes for the Ride Festival, Telluride Yoga Festival, Telluride Blues &amp; Brews, and Telluride Jazz Festival. There will be an additional drawing for a Skuut and Trike bike. All proceeds go toward scholarships, curriculum materials, and new playground equipment.
The event takes at the Carhenge parking lot at the base of Chair 7 in Telluride. The event is open to the public, and admission is $5 per adult and child….

4th of July in Telluride is small-town American at its finest. We really do it up here — running races, parade, BBQ, family games in Town Park, airplane flybys, and fireworks.
Rundola
The day kicks off with the Telluride Foundation's Rundola, a recreational foot race to benefit the Telluride Foundation. Participants begin at the base of the gondola in the town of Telluride and finish at the top of the ridge adjacent to the San Sophia gondola mid-station. Get your sweat on for a good cause before the rest of the day's festivities! You can register for the Rundola here .
Parade
The Telluride 4th of July Parade begins at 11 am on historic Main Street and is organized by the Telluride 4th of July Parade Committee. The sidewalks are packed as locals and visitors cheer for goofy…

Get your sweat on for a good cause before the rest of the day's festivities!
The 4th of July kicks off with the Telluride Foundation's Rundola, a recreational foot race to benefit the Telluride Foundation. Participants begin at the base of the gondola in the town of Telluride and finish at the top of the ridge adjacent to the San Sophia gondola mid-station. Runners follow the Telluride Trail (4.600 feet long, 40 feet wide, 13% uphill grade) or can simply bushwack to the finish. The elevation gain is 1,810 feet from start to finish. Participants are grouped by age and gender into categories for the race. You can register for the Rundola here .

4th of July in Telluride is small-town American at its finest. We really do it up here — running races, parade, BBQ, family games in Town Park, airplane flybys, and fireworks.
Rundola
The day kicks off with the Telluride Foundation's Rundola, a recreational foot race to benefit the Telluride Foundation. Participants begin at the base of the gondola in the town of Telluride and finish at the top of the ridge adjacent to the San Sophia gondola mid-station. Get your sweat on for a good cause before the rest of the day's festivities! You can register for the Rundola here .
Parade
The Telluride 4th of July Parade begins at 11 am on historic Main Street and is organized by the Telluride 4th of July Parade Committee. The sidewalks are packed as locals and visitors cheer for goofy…

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2017 headliners:
Beck
Grammy Award winning artist, Beck, will headline the 2017 Ride Festival on Sunday July 9th.
Rising to fame in the mid-nineties with albums Mellow Gold and Odelay, Beck constantly pushes the envelope through his writing and musicianship.
Ben Harper &amp; The Innocent Criminals
Saturday July 9th, Ben Harper will take to the Telluride Town Park Stage. A versatile performer, he tosses around musical genres the way Tom Brady does a football –with finesse and ease. Sure to be heard will be the sounds of folk, blues, funk and reggae.
It is never too early to book lodging. Many veteran festivarians book their condos and hotel rooms a year in advance and the town of Telluride is mostly sold out six months…

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2017 Event Details
The Telluride Yoga Festival began in 2007 with Jivamukti instructor Aubrey Hackman's vision for a yoga event that went beyond physical exercise.
The festival not only provides yogis of all experience levels with an enriching practice experience and allows the opportunity to have a positive impact on the world.
Hackman, a passionate environmentalist and animal rights activist, structured the festival around the teachings of karma yoga. Each year, 25% of the net proceeds are donated to a local non-profit whose mission is to help protect and preserve the earth.
The festival includes presentations, guided meditations, community yoga classes, special events, and evening classes…

The Telluride Art + Architecture Weekend provides an insider’s look into the creative talent within the Telluride Arts District.
Over the course of two days, the tour will span five venues per day. Stops include prestigious new and historic homes, studios, restaurants, and alternative venues. Each venue will feature numerous artists and designers of all kinds, tastings by local chefs and wine pairings. At each stop on the tour, a creative team of architects, chefs, artists and designers collaborate to provide an intimate experience for guests. Enjoy art exhibits, artist and chef demonstrations, live music, performances, artist talks, tours with architects and designers, food, beer and wine tastings and surprises at each stop on the way.
Purchase tickets HERE .
Schedule…

The Hardrock Hundred Mile Endurance Run is an ultramarathon of 100.5 miles, 33,050 feet of elevation climb, 33,050 feet of descent for a total elevation change of 66,100 feet ran at an average of over 11,000 feet.
The race is held on a loop course, including 4WD roads, dirt trails, and cross country terrain in Southern Colorado's San Juan Mountain range.
The run begins and ends in Silverton, Colorado and travels through Telluride, Ouray and the ghost town of Sherman, and crossing 13 major mountain passes in the 12,000 to 13,000 foot (elevation) range. Completion of the event is marked by kissing the Hardrock, a picture of a ram's head painted on a large stone.
This is a graduate level endurance run. Moutaineering, wilderness survival, and wilderness navigation skills are key….

The Ah Haa's annual fundraiser has been a must-attend summer event.
Both art lovers and community members support the Ah Haa School by bidding on a wide range of work created by artists in and out of Telluride. Typically, more than 100 artworks and myriad services and excursions donated by the region's artists, businesses and supporters of the school are auctioned in live and silent auctions. Good food and drink, performances and a fantastic party for everyone to attend. Celebrity musician, Jewell has performed in past years and may be in attendance again.
To purchase general admission tickets, click HERE .
To purchase reserved seats, call (970)-728-3886
To check out live auction items, click HERE .
To watch a live stream of the auction, click HERE .

The Telluride Chamber Music Festival has been bringing chamber music to our box canyon since 1973. The festival seeks to forge a spontaneous connection between the audience and the musicians.
The festival showcases the finest in chamber music by performing some of the classic greats. Participating musicians have been Roy Malan, Robin Sutherland, Susan Freier, Nancy Ellis, Polly Malan, Stephen Harrison, Larry London, Eileen Morris, John Dukyers and William Smock The 2016 Schedule of
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2017 Schedule of Events:
It’s a bit early to have information about the 2017 Telluride Chamber Music Festival, but it’s not too early to book lodging. Many veteran festivariansbook their condos and hotel…

It’s a bit early to have information about the 2018 Telluride Mushroom Festival, but it’s not too early to book lodging. Many veteran festivarians book their condos and hotel rooms a year in advance and the town of Telluride is mostly sold out six months before the festival! Come back later for more information on this festival.

About The Festival
Telluride has hosted the quirky Mushroom Festival for over 30 years. The festival is a celebration of all things fungal — connoisseurs find themselves in good company amongst enthusiasts, experts, and scientists. Interests range from scientific to culinary, curiosity to investigative. Activities of the weekend include lectures by renowned experts, cooking with mushrooms, and…

A 100 mile mountain bike race commencing and culminating in the Town of Telluride.
The first expected riders crossing the finish line between 1:30-2PM. Final finishers betweem 6-7PM.
The celebratory awards ceremony will be at 7PM at the Gondola Plaza in the Town of Telluride.
For information on the course, click HERE .
To register for the race, click HERE .

“There are two kinds of film festivals: there are the mega-hyped, hoopla-infested selling circuses, and there is Telluride. It is extraordinarily exciting, in this age of the triumph of capitalism, to discover an event dedicated not to commerce, but to love. And if that sounds old fashioned and starry-eyed, so be it. The cinema was always in the business of gazing at stars.” – Salman Rushdie

The 45th Annual Telluride Film Festival will take place Labor Day Weekend, August 31st – September 3rd, 2018.

About The Telluride Film Festival
The prestigious Telluride Film Festival brings together industry masters under the auspices of the majestic San Juan Mountains. It is nothing short of a magical weekend, a celebration of film, community, and creativity. The festival…

What began as a way to train for the Pike's Peak marathon in 1974 is now a full-fledged race. The race from Ouray to Telluride over the 13,114 foot Imogene Pass . This is a 17.1 mile point to point mountain race. The pass is a 4×4 dirt road that passes through mining ruins, up jagged peaks, and above treeline. The runners finish at the Sheridan Opera House on Oak Street in Telluride.
Remember to dress appropriately for the weather and be prepared for any and all conditions. Visit the official Imogene Pass Run website for registration and further details.

September 14-16, 2018.
Stay tuned for the 2018 Telluride Blues and Brews Festival! We will post the lineup as soon as it's available. Come back later for more information on this festival. Many veteran festivarians book their condos and hotel rooms a year in advance. Book your lodging early to guarentee you get the accomodations you need.

September 22, 2018
Check back for updated information on the 2018 Mountains to Desert Bike Ride!
From the high mountains of Telluride to the spectacular desert landscape of Gateway, CO, the Mountains to Desert Ride is a beautiful race that serves as the single fundraising event for the Just for Kids Foundation . Cyclists descend past hillsides of quaking aspens along a route that passes through millions of years of geologic record, ultimately finding themselves at the base of striated sandstone cliffs reaching up to 1,000 feet overhead. Those who choose to push on past Gateway for the longer distance rides will climb into the beautiful Unaweep Canyon. All fundraising benefits the Just for Kids Foundation. Every dollar raised is generously matched 100% by the Carstens Family…

September 27-30, 2018.
Check back for updated information on the 2018 Festival of Cars and Colors!
The Telluride Festival of Cars and Colors is Telluride’s new 4-day, automotive enthusiast celebration!

Set among the canyons of the San Juan Mountains, it’s placed against the spectacular backdrop of the area's September fall foliage. Throughout the span of four days vintage, exotic, and high-end restoration vehicles are showcased throughout town. Classic and vintage motorcycles or airplanes more your taste? They've got those too! With four distinct Concours venues, there is something cool for everyone.

The Telluride Horror Show is Colorado's first and longest-running horror film festival. This 3-day fest screens the latest horror, fantasy, suspense, thriller, dark comedy and sci-fi films. The lineup includes 20 feature films and over 50 short films shown at the Nugget Theatre, Palm Theatre, and Sheridan Opera House. In addition to the films, the Horror Fest puts on fun events including Ice Cream Social, Pig Roast, Creepy Campfire Tales, and a Horror Trivia Night. If you attend, don't miss out on their "Secret Sunday Shows" which are suprise screenings of highly-anticipated films.

Check back in for information on the 9th annual BRAvo!
Gentlemen from Telluride's Fire and Police Departments and Service Clubs will model the community's bra creations in both a live and silent auction to benefit the San Miguel Resource Center &amp; Bosom Buddies, a Breast Cancer Support Group of Southwestern Colorado. Get creative and d ecorate a bra to be auctioned off at the Ah Haa School for the Arts – bra provided. Deadline for bra submission for auction is Monday, October 9th.
$10 Suggested Donation